Beware of severe dengue fever that can cause menorrhagia

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The clinical manifestations of dengue are quite diverse and the progression of dengue fever is very rapid, which can lead to rapid death of the patient, so early detection and timely treatment are very important.

1. Progression of dengue fever

Dengue fever complications can cause patients to die quickly, the disease usually starts suddenly and progresses through 3 specific stages:
Stage 1: The patient will have a fever within 3 - 5 days At first, the fever can be as high as 38-40 degrees Celsius and accompanied by symptoms such as headache and fatigue in the whole body joints. Stage 2: This is a dangerous stage, counted from the 4th to 7th day after fever, the patient may have reduced fever during this period and have symptoms such as pleural effusion, bleeding. plasma (within 24-48 hours), interstitial tissue, eyelid edema, peritoneal peritoneum, enlarged and painful liver. In the case of patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever with a lot of plasma leakage, there is a possibility of shock with manifestations such as restlessness, malaise, cold extremities, rapid and small pulse, cold and moist skin, decreased or unmeasured blood pressure, Less urine, patients may also show symptoms of bleeding under the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs. Some cases have manifestations of organ failure such as encephalitis, severe hepatitis, myocarditis. Phase 3: The recovery phase will occur after 24 - 48 hours, when dengue patients get out of the dangerous phase, at this time, there will be gradual reabsorption from the interstitial tissue into the blood vessel lumen. Usually, the recovery period will last for 3-4 days. The body of patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever will gradually recover, begin to have appetite, hemodynamics gradually stabilize and urinate a lot, although the disease is progressing well, it is necessary to be careful in infusion at this stage because Excessive infusion can cause heart failure or pulmonary edema. The process of monitoring the disease in the three phases of dengue hemorrhagic fever is very important to help provide appropriate and timely interventions, and to predict the likelihood and risk of affecting the patient to have a good direction. next treatment.

2. Beware of dengue fever complications that can cause menorrhagia

According to the warning of the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue hemorrhagic fever patients will have 3 different levels of dengue fever, dengue with warning signs and severe dengue, 2 variables. Important symptoms that can endanger the patient's life if not handled promptly are shock due to plasma loss and coagulation disorders.
Dengue fever with warning signs will include clinical symptoms of dengue fever and accompanied by signs of malaise, lethargy, abdominal pain, liver pain, vomiting, mucosal bleeding. Blood tests show an increase in the volume of red blood cells and a decrease in platelets. In this case, it is necessary to monitor blood pressure, pulse, urine and complications of dengue fever to indicate timely treatment.

Severe dengue fever will occur when the patient has excessive plasma leakage leading to hypovolemic shock, fluid retention in the pleural space and abdominal cavity, the patient will have severe nosebleeds, for the patient is Women will have hemorrhagic fever with menstrual bleeding, in addition, the patient is likely to have bleeding in the body and soft tissues, bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract and visceral organs ... accompanied by thrombocytopenia, hypoxia. tissue and metabolic acidosis, leading to multi-organ failure and extremely dangerous severe intravascular coagulation.

3. Dengue fever prevention needs to be proactive

Up to now, there is no specific medicine and vaccine for dengue fever to prevent the disease, this is a disease that progresses very quickly and is difficult to control, so in order to protect yourself and your family, each person needs to be protected. need to be proactive in preventing dengue fever.
It is necessary to actively clean the house, kill larks, mosquitoes and swarms by all measures and avoid being bitten by mosquitoes in all cases. In addition, when you suspect that you have dengue fever, you should immediately go to a medical facility for timely examination, diagnosis and treatment, to prevent dengue complications.

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